From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 27 4:57:56 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AA9537B400 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 04:57:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu (smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.6.86]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 192BA43E77 for ; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 04:57:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cd9@buffalo.edu) Received: (qmail 17134 invoked from network); 27 Aug 2002 11:57:52 -0000 Received: from ubppp233-19.dialin.buffalo.edu (HELO selvirjin.buffalo.edu) (128.205.233.19) by smtp3.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 27 Aug 2002 11:57:52 -0000 Received: from dragon by selvirjin.buffalo.edu with local (Exim 3.36 #1) id 17jeyE-0000rg-00; Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:57:18 -0400 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 07:57:18 -0400 From: "C. A. Daelhousen" To: Peter Leftwich Cc: FreeBSD Questions LIST Subject: Re: mtools vs mount Message-ID: <20020827075718.A3273@selvirjin.buffalo.edu> Mail-Followup-To: Peter Leftwich , FreeBSD Questions LIST References: <20020826220454.P1757-100000@dhcp-402-55.san.rr.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020826220454.P1757-100000@dhcp-402-55.san.rr.com>; from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com on Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:10:49PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 10:10:49PM -0700, Peter Leftwich wrote: > 2. Why doesn't `mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /floppy` support long filenames so > I can just work directly with the diskette? (e.g. I want to tar and gzip all > the files on my floppy but first must mcopy them all to a temporary > directory *then* tar and gzip the local copies unless you have a better way) > in /etc/fstab: /dev/fd0 /floppy msdos rw,noauto,longnames 0 0 -- ..: Chad Daelhousen == cd9@buffalo.edu :.........: sig v3.1 :... : Programming for 10 +/- 2 years (50 +/- 10% of a lifetime) : :.............Perl will be the first to implement mind reading.: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message